Vessel for containing milk and other articles



(No Model.)

W. G. JONES. e Vessel for Containing Milk and other Articles.

Patented Sept. 14,- 1880.`

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N. PErLns, PHDTOALTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON n C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. JONES, OF SAN JOS, CALIFORNIA.

VESSEL FOR CONTAINING MILK AND OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,186, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed J' une 30, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. JONES, of San Jose, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessels for Containing Milk and other Articles, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference bein g had to the accompanyin g drawings, makin g part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the vessel with the door open. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through .r ar. Fig. 3 shows a section exposing a strainer.

This invention is designed to be placed outside oi` a dwelling for the purpose of containin gwmilk or other articles to be left for the occupants of the house; and the invention consists of devices as hereinafter described, and is an improvement on Patent No. 213,206, issued to ine March ll, 1879.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use in y invention, I will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents the door frame, and B the vessel, hinged on the frame outside the door, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the doorO is closed it presses against the vessel B and forces it back against the frame A, the hinge a passing under the stop b and securing the vessel against the possibilityr of bein g lifted from its hinges or removed (No model.)

from its position. It is only when the door C is Open that the vessel B can he swung forward clear of the stop and be released from the stop b, so as to be lifted from its hinges and removed when desired.

The vessel B, designed particularly for receiving milk for the family, maybe graduated so as to indicate the different measurementspint, quart, gallon, Ste.; and a ring, d, sliding on a vertical wire, e, may be conveniently used to indicate to the milkman the quantity of milk desired by simply sliding the ring along the wire until opposite the point to which the vessel is to be lled. f

In the top of the vessel may be placed the strainer D,for the protection ofthe milk and to prevent its being stolen. This strainer may be secured by the spring-pin E, or by any other convenient means.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rIhe vessel B, provided with the hinges a, in combination with the frame A, having hingesupports and stop b, and with the door O, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

wiLniAMe. JONES.

Witnesses:

C. C. REDMOND, A. W. WHITE. 

